Thin and rotting and abandoned: man gets £500 fine for dog cruelty after gruesome discovery

By Adam Kula
Published 15th Dec 2021, 18:57 BST
Updated 15th Dec 2021, 20:59 BST
A Limavady man has been convicted of animal cruelty, with the local council releasing distressing images of his dead dog.

Paul Hassan of College Mews, off the Greystone Road on the western side of the town, was sentenced at Ballymena Magistrates’ Court today after being convicted of abandoning without reasonable cause, causing unnecessary suffering to, and failing to ensure the welfare of, his terrier-type dog.

Derry City and Strabane District Council said it brought the charges under the Welfare of Animals Act (NI) 2011.

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In a statement released tonight it said: “Proceedings followed an investigation by council’s animal welfare officers, following a complaint received in June 2020 that a dead dog had been found in a property at Slievemore Park, Londonderry.

One of the images of the scene that confronted inspectorsOne of the images of the scene that confronted inspectors
One of the images of the scene that confronted inspectors

“Animal welfare officers entered the defendant’s property and found the remains of a small terrier-type dog which appeared to have been pushed up against the wall with a brush on top of it.

“There was a pungent smell of urine and faeces in the property which was in a bad state of hygiene.